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SAGES 2005 Industry Breakfast Event

Saturday, April 16, 2005
6:30 - 8:00 AM

Limit 1 per registrant.

Note: These events are not planned nor accredited for CME by SAGES.

Please join our industry partners as they present educational symposia on Saturday, April 16 from 6:30 am – 8:00 am, immediately prior to the start of the day’s sessions. The breakfasts are open to all attendees, however seating is limited. Please check with the registrar as to availability.

Cook Inc. – Biomaterial Mesh for Hiatal Hernia Repair
Room 303

You do beautiful work. Why leave a constant reminder? Come and learn how to make your hiatal hernia repair "a work of art" with a biomaterial mesh which leaves behind strong, fully vascularized tissue.

Curon Medical – The 14 minute RF treatment for GERD
Room 312-313

Sandhill Scientific Impedance Forum
Room 314

Learn the latest information about Sandhill Scientifics' impedance based diagnostic products. Physician experts will explain the clinical utility of impedance-pH monitoring; a revolutionary ambulatory test to detect both acid and nonacid reflux activity and associate that activity to patient symptoms. Now, for the first time, patients with ongoing symptoms while on medical therapy can be diagnosed to determine symptom associations to all types of reflux. Additionally, the capabilities of impedance-manometry to qualify patients for antireflux surgery will be explained.